Merge pull request RackHD#512 from mtannous/enable_lldp

Script to enable interfaces inorder to send/receive LLDP

Author: rolandpoulter

data/templates/set_interfaces.py

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+import os
+import time
+count = 0
+string= ""
+interfaces=[]
+for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('/sys/class/net/'):
+    for subdirname in dirnames:
+        if subdirname != "lo":
+            #Here we are assigning an arbitrary IP which could be a different one. This is just to get the interface up
+            interfaces.append(subdirname)
+            ip= 100+count
+            string += "auto " + subdirname
+            string += "\niface " +  subdirname +" inet static"
+            string += "\naddress 10.0.0." + str(ip)
+            if count == 0:
+                string += "\ngateway 10.0.0.1"
+            string += "\nnetmask 255.255.255.0\n\n"
+            count=count+1
+
+with open("/etc/network/interfaces", "w") as text_file:
+    text_file.write(string)
+
+for item in interfaces:
+    os.system("sudo ifup "+ item)
+    f= os.popen("sudo ethtool "+ item + " | grep -i \"Link detected\"")
+    result = f.read()
+    count = 0
+    while result.find("yes") == -1:
+        time.sleep(5)
+        f= os.popen("sudo ethtool "+ item + " | grep -i \"Link detected\"" )
+        result = f.read()
+        count = count + 1
+        print result
+        if count > 20:
+            break